The chiefs now in this city: Indians and the urban frontier in early America

America's founding involved and required the melding of cultures and communities, a redefinition of 'frontier' and boundaries in every possible sense. Using the accounts of Native leaders who visited cities in the Early Republic, Calloway's book reorients the story of that foundi...

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1. Verfasser: Calloway, Colin 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch Karte
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2021
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:America's founding involved and required the melding of cultures and communities, a redefinition of 'frontier' and boundaries in every possible sense. Using the accounts of Native leaders who visited cities in the Early Republic, Calloway's book reorients the story of that founding. Violent resistance was just one of many Native responses to colonialism. Peaceful interaction was far more the norm, and while less dramatic and therefore less covered, far more important in its effects
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Also issued in print: 2021
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (288 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karte
ISBN:9780197547687
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197547656.001.0001

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